# The Apostles Arrested - The Book of Acts

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 5 Apr 2024, 12 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 190. Join us in today's episode where angels open jail doors for the apostles, letting them teach about Jesus. Wise Gamaliel advises letting them be, hinting at a bigger plan. The believers grow, choosing seven helpers to care for everyone as the story of Jesus spreads. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:01] Speaker 1: But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel,
[0:06] Speaker 1: a teacher of the law. Honored by all the people,
[0:09] Speaker 1: he said, Leave them alone, for if this council or
[0:13] Speaker 1: this work is of men, it will be overthrown. But
[0:16] Speaker 1: if it is of God, you will not be able
[0:18] Speaker 1: to overthrow it, and you would be found even to
[0:21] Speaker 1: be fighting against God. Acts 5, 34, 38-39 Dear God,
[0:29] Speaker 1: Thank you that you are more powerful than any force
[0:32] Speaker 1: on earth. Even when people try to stop you, you
[0:36] Speaker 1: can't be stopped. The message of your love can overcome
[0:42] Speaker 1: anything and anyone. Please use today's story to help us
[0:46] Speaker 1: understand how we can help others believe this wonderful message.
[0:51] Speaker 1: Thank you.
[0:52] Speaker 2: We love you.
[0:53] Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, amen.
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[1:30] Speaker 2: The Apostles Arrested In our last story, Ananias and Sapphira
[1:36] Speaker 2: lied to the Holy Spirit and were stricken dead. In
[1:41] Speaker 2: this story, the Apostles will be put into prison and
[1:45] Speaker 2: an angel will release them. And although the Jewish leaders
[1:48] Speaker 2: want them killed, Gamaliel will persuade them to leave them alone.
[1:55] Speaker 2: As Inspired by Acts.
[2:01] Speaker 1: Hi there, it's Julianne Thompson, guest hosting for Julia Jeffress
[2:04] Speaker 1: Sadler with the Kids Bible in Ear podcast. I am
[2:08] Speaker 1: so happy you're here. Today's story is about what happens
[2:12] Speaker 1: when Jesus' disciples get arrested, but they keep telling people
[2:16] Speaker 1: about Jesus anyway. Let's jump right in.
[2:22] Speaker 2: Through the apostles, many people came to know Jesus, and
[2:25] Speaker 2: many signs and miracles were performed among the peoples. This
[2:30] Speaker 2: upset the Jewish leaders and made them jealous, so they
[2:33] Speaker 2: arrested the apostles and put them in jail. During the night,
[2:38] Speaker 2: an angel appeared to the apostles and released them, saying, Go,
[2:44] Speaker 2: stand in the temple courts and tell the people all
[2:47] Speaker 2: about this new life. In the morning, the apostles entered
[2:51] Speaker 2: the temple courts and began to teach all the people.
[2:55] Speaker 2: When the high priest arrived to the jail with some
[2:58] Speaker 2: of the other officials, The apostles were nowhere to be found.
[3:03] Speaker 2: The officer reported, We found the jail securely locked, with
[3:07] Speaker 2: the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them,
[3:10] Speaker 2: we found no one inside. The priest became greatly confused
[3:15] Speaker 2: as to what had happened. Then someone came and said, Look,
[3:20] Speaker 2: the men you put in jail are standing in the
[3:22] Speaker 2: temple courts teaching the people. The priest and the officers
[3:26] Speaker 2: immediately went after the apostles and took them away. The
[3:30] Speaker 2: apostles were then questioned by the leaders of Israel as
[3:33] Speaker 2: to why they were being disobedient to the government. To
[3:37] Speaker 2: this they responded, We must obey God rather than human beings.
[3:42] Speaker 2: The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from the dead
[3:45] Speaker 2: whom you killed by hanging him on a cross. God
[3:49] Speaker 2: exalted him to be his own right hand as Savior
[3:52] Speaker 2: that he might bring Israel to repentance and forgive their sins.
[3:57] Speaker 2: We are witnesses of these things and so is the
[4:00] Speaker 2: Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.
[4:05] Speaker 2: This answer made the leaders very upset, and they wanted
[4:09] Speaker 2: to kill the apostles. But a well-liked Pharisee named Gamaliel
[4:14] Speaker 2: stood up and asked to speak to the leaders away
[4:18] Speaker 2: from the apostles. He said, Men of Israel, consider carefully
[4:23] Speaker 2: what you intend to do to these men. He continued,
[4:27] Speaker 2: By sharing examples of other revolts, that died out after
[4:31] Speaker 2: the leader had died. And then he ended saying, Leave
[4:34] Speaker 2: these men alone. Let them go. For if their purpose
[4:38] Speaker 2: or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But
[4:42] Speaker 2: if it is from God, you will not be able
[4:46] Speaker 2: to stop these men. You will only find yourselves fighting
[4:50] Speaker 2: against God. At this, the leaders were persuaded, and after
[4:56] Speaker 2: beating them, let the apostles go, believing that the name
[4:59] Speaker 2: of Jesus would die. When released, the apostles praised God
[5:04] Speaker 2: because they suffered for him. Day after day, they never
[5:09] Speaker 2: stopped sharing the story of Jesus to anyone. When the
[5:12] Speaker 2: number of followers grew, the apostles could no longer care
[5:16] Speaker 2: for everyone, so they gathered everyone together and elected seven
[5:20] Speaker 2: people to help care for the people as they continued
[5:24] Speaker 2: to teach and pray. Everyone was happy with this decision.
[5:28] Speaker 2: And the number of followers grew daily.
[5:36] Speaker 1: More and more people are following Jesus. Isn't it wonderful?
[5:41] Speaker 1: And the religious leaders can't do anything to stop it.
[5:45] Speaker 1: They tried to close down the church and it just
[5:47] Speaker 1: kept getting bigger. They put the apostles in jail and
[5:51] Speaker 1: an angel let them out. No matter what those religious
[5:55] Speaker 1: leaders did, God's people just couldn't be stopped. You'd think
[6:00] Speaker 1: that they had seen that God was doing something extraordinary.
[6:05] Speaker 1: But those religious leaders had the same problem that many
[6:08] Speaker 1: people have today. They had turned off their maybe makers.
[6:13] Speaker 1: What's a maybe maker? A maybe maker is the part
[6:18] Speaker 1: of your brain that looks at new information and says, Hmm,
[6:22] Speaker 1: maybe what I thought before is wrong.
[6:26] Speaker 2: Hmm.
[6:27] Speaker 1: Maybe I should consider these new ideas. Hmm. Maybe God
[6:32] Speaker 1: is doing something new that I didn't expect. Now, all
[6:37] Speaker 1: of Jesus' followers had wonderfully healthy maybe makers. When they
[6:42] Speaker 1: first met him, their maybe makers leaped into action. They
[6:46] Speaker 1: turned Jesus' words over and over in their heads. Hmm.
[6:50] Speaker 1: Love my neighbor as myself?
[6:53] Speaker 2: Hmm. Hmm.
[6:54] Speaker 1: Stop pointing out what others do wrong and fix my
[6:57] Speaker 1: own actions instead and when their maybe makers said maybe
[7:03] Speaker 1: jesus is right god is doing something new that i
[7:08] Speaker 1: didn't expect their hearts opened wide and god came right
[7:13] Speaker 1: in but the religious leaders weren't interested in maybes not
[7:18] Speaker 1: at all In fact, they had shut the doors to
[7:21] Speaker 1: their brains and locked them up tight with a thousand keys.
[7:25] Speaker 1: They knew what they thought to be true. And they
[7:28] Speaker 1: absolutely positively were not going to consider anything else. Their
[7:34] Speaker 1: maybe makers didn't stand a chance. Now, these religious leaders
[7:39] Speaker 1: weren't necessarily bad men. They thought they were doing the
[7:44] Speaker 1: right thing. From their perspective, Jesus and his teachings were dangerous.
[7:49] Speaker 1: And so were his followers. That's why the leaders tried
[7:52] Speaker 1: to get rid of them. But trying to do God's
[7:55] Speaker 1: work without talking to God about it is never a
[7:58] Speaker 1: good idea. Neither is refusing to let him talk back
[8:02] Speaker 1: to you through your maybe maker. And all these religious
[8:06] Speaker 1: leaders didn't seem to have any good ideas at all.
[8:10] Speaker 1: Except Gamaliel. He didn't believe in Jesus or in what Jesus'
[8:15] Speaker 1: followers said. But he was at least willing to turn
[8:18] Speaker 1: on his maybe maker, even if it was only for
[8:22] Speaker 1: a little bit. And on the day Peter and the
[8:24] Speaker 1: others stood in front of the religious leaders and the
[8:27] Speaker 1: Jewish court, God used Gamaliel's maybe maker to save their lives.
[8:33] Speaker 1: Gamaliel said, look, remember the other guys who said they
[8:36] Speaker 1: were the Messiah? Judas, Judas, eventually everybody realized they weren't
[8:42] Speaker 1: and their followers just went away. If Jesus is not
[8:46] Speaker 1: the Messiah, maybe the thing will happen to his followers.
[8:50] Speaker 1: And because the new idea came from someone who looked
[8:53] Speaker 1: like them and sounded like them, the religious leaders didn't
[8:57] Speaker 1: have to turn on their own maybe makers. So they agreed.
[9:01] Speaker 1: But if they had been willing to say, hmm, maybe
[9:05] Speaker 1: I should listen to what Peter and John and those
[9:07] Speaker 1: other guys are saying, their hearts would have opened wide
[9:11] Speaker 1: and God would have come right in. Today, sadly, there
[9:15] Speaker 1: are many people just like them. People who have turned
[9:19] Speaker 1: off their maybe makers and shut the doors to their brains,
[9:23] Speaker 1: locking them up tight with a thousand keys. They know
[9:28] Speaker 1: what they think to be true, and they absolutely positively
[9:32] Speaker 1: will not consider anything else. You'll never hear them say, hmm,
[9:39] Speaker 1: maybe there really is a God. Or, hmm, maybe I
[9:44] Speaker 1: should study the Bible before I say it isn't true. Or, hmm,
[9:49] Speaker 1: that's not the way I grew up doing it, but
[9:51] Speaker 1: maybe I should give this a new way of doing
[9:54] Speaker 1: things a chance. God might be doing something I didn't expect,
[9:58] Speaker 1: but now that you know, know how important your maybe
[10:02] Speaker 1: maker is, you can keep it turned on and help
[10:05] Speaker 1: others open their eyes to see when God is doing
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